As a first-year Human Resource Specialist at “State of Estates” estate planning firm, your boss (Will N. Trusts) presents you with the following two scenarios:
Scenario 1
Gary, an estate planner, works on a contract basis for our clients at “State of Estates”. On occasion, we contract Gary to handle a specific client for a specific estate planning job. Per our contract with Gary for these specific clients, he is paid commission on a weekly basis based on the overall fee received by the firm. When working for these specific clients, Gary is able to use our office space, equipment, and any supplies necessary to complete the job. To ensure consistent work product and regulatory compliance, Gary submits his work to a supervisor, who approves it and send it to the client on behalf of our firm. Recently, we had to lay Gary off in the middle of a job and he filed for unemployment compensation.

What legal tests could be employed to determine whether Gary is an independent contractor or employee?
Based on these tests, what is your conclusion as to Gary’s status: independent contractor or employee?

Scenario 2
Susan, a financial products representative in our Nebraska office, landed a major Mutual Fund client just six weeks before planning to retire. In the interim, and before her commission was paid, she was let go by our firm. We did not have a contract for employment with Susan. She is now suing us for wrongful termination.

Would any exceptions to Susan’s at-will employment apply under these circumstances?
Does it make a difference if Susan was employed in our Florida office?

FOR YOUR FINAL PAPER, I’D LIKE YOU TO SEND ME, IN AN EMAIL, THE FOLLOWING:for each of the 7 periods of music history we’ve covered, i’d like you to do the following:look at all the musical elements which are characteristics found in the music from each one of the 7 periods. (middle age，renaissance music，baroque music，classical music，romantic period，early 20th century，late 20th century)find an example of music NOT FROM THE TEXTBOOK NOT FROM MUSIC PLAYED IN CLASS and place that musical example in the email you’ll send me, followed by at least two of the musical elements you find to be similar to the music from that period, so, e.g.:1 – MIDDLE AGES [then you look at all the characteristics of music from this period] you look for a good example to which has some those musical elements, and you put the link into your email:then you tell me what are the elements which compare to music from the MIDDLE AGES:this piece is similar to music from the middle ages, it has the polyphonic texture (2 or more melodies happening at once) – one melody in long held tones, another melody moving more quickly, also it has monophony (unified melody) it is only sung by male voices, it has no clear tempo. all these elements place this music in the middle ages.2 – RENAISSANCE – etc.you continue on to the other 6 periods and do the same for each one.Here are some resources you can look at, do not just paraphrase things from the website. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jNUb1ArtJSRalh…https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OmOuQGUF3VOxIg…https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HSeLBY40FjWntA…

You will identify a nonprofit, preferably local and introduce it to us. Prior to sharing its story with us, you will study the market of the service your selected organization provides and place the main issues it addresses in the context of the local, domestic and international levels. While researching about the nonprofit, you will reflect on the materials studied in the classroom and collect information about your nonprofit to further assess its structure, its marketing and communication strategies, its fundraising channels and its possible utilization of the earned income strategies. You will then prepare an 8-10 page paper (double-spaced, 12 pt.) summarizing the key descriptive topics for that nonprofit and how it contributes to the issue on the local, domestic and international levels. See Canvas for details in the “resources” section. I urge you to identify your nonprofit early in the course!Students complete the project throughout the semester. Several mile-stone assignments will help to progress with this assignment. They are:-Sharing the name of your nonprofit and a brief introduction of your organization (250 words);-Sharing the first draft and peer-reviewing the draft of others; the draft should already include the main sections of the final paper and be at least 5 pages long; comments received after this stage will allow you to do a follow-up research of your nonprofit;-Submitting final project and peer-reviewing the projects of others; the peer-reviews will help you to see whether you have successfully answered the questions raised during the draft reviewing stage.

I will attach the guidelines and the bookOnce you submit the main response I’ll send 2 comments that you will respond to in a couple of sentences and extend the timeThe due dates are at the end of the description——————————–Chapter 12 is titled “Global Sourcing” and includes the following topics:Trends in global sourcingRisk managementGlobal sourcing strategiesIncotermsWall Street Journal, “Clothes Shoppers Are About to Realize Just How Messed Up Shipping Has Become,” Link: https://www.wsj.com/articles/clothes-shoppers-are-about-to-realize-just-how-messed-up-shipping-has-become-11617960605 (Links to an external site.)Wall Street Journal, “America’s Imports Are Stuck on Ships Floating Just Off Los Angeles,” Link: https://www.wsj.com/articles/americas-imports-are-stuck-on-ships-floating-just-off-los-angeles-11617183002?mod=article_relatedinline (Links to an external site.)Please read Chapter 12 and the Wall Street Journal articles before answering the questions below.Questions ————————————————————————————What can clothing retailers do to manage disruptions at seaports in the United States?What other ports could be considered to reduce the congestion contain ships at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach?Please provide an insightful question about port congestion in the United States.Due dates: =================================================>Initial comments to questions: Thursday, April 22nd at 11:59 p.m. Central Time>Responses to other students: Sunday, April 25th at 11:59 p.m. Central Time

Media Research – “Tell me something I don’t know” article that might affect the attractiveness of that marketSelect an article from any media source that might affect business – using Ch 10 concepts — the company’s social responsibility and environmental sustainabilityUse 2 L.Os from Ch 10 and 2 L.Os from Ch 11 to analyze the company’s management (each LO should have 3 examples at 100 words per example).company: chewych 10 loTHIS CHAPTER WILL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND:1. What managers must do to execute strategy successfully2. Why hiring, training, and retaining the right people constitute a key component of the strategy execution process3. That good strategy execution requires continuously building and upgrading the organization’s resources and capabilities4. What issues to consider in establishing a strategy-supportive organizational structure and organizing the work effort5. The pros and cons of centralized and decentralized decision making in implementing the chosen strategy\ch 11 lo1. Why resource allocation should always be based on strategic priorities2. How well-designed policies and procedures can facilitate good strategy execution3. How best practices and process management tools drive continuous improvement in the performance of value chain activities and promote superior strategy execution4. The role of information and operating systems in enabling company personnel to carry out their strategic roles proficiently5. How and why the use of well-designed incentives and rewards can be management’s single most powerful tool for promoting adept strategy execution